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Friday, July 3, 2015

Author Interview: Michael Mandrake with Reconnection

Today I'm featuring an interview and eBook promo/contest with Michael Mandrake (AKA Sharita L) featuring Reconnection. Enjoy, and don't forget to enter the contest for a chance to win an eBook copy or a $5 Gift Card.

Are you a person who makes their bed in the morning, or do
you not see much point?

Sharita L: I honestly
don’t see the point since me and hubs will end up back in it later on. I do
make it up when we have company though.

Chocolate or Vanilla?

Sharita L: I love
chocolate of just about everything.

What do you like to do when you’re not writing?

Sharita L: I love
spending time with my family and or friends. I also love live music. I often
attend concerts.

Do your characters try to make like bunnies and create ever
more convoluted plots for you? Or do you have to coax them out of your
characters?

Sharita L: My
characters and or muses (I write under three names) all try to convince me to
make the plots more difficult. And because I’m a sucker, I usually do just
that!

Blurb:Every once in a while, the average looking guy scores!

Robert
McIntyre is a closeted, average looking sports columnist for the Daily Read.
Unfortunately, his desire to stay in has cost him the chance at love more than
once. However, now it seems his luck will change since his editor has asked him
to interview, Jake Valenta. Jake and Robert knew one another in college and
when he heard from a mutual friend that Jake might be bisexual, Robert didn’t
believe him.

Before
Robert’s trip, they discover a mutual affection for one another. Jake shares
his desire to stay behind closed doors because he can’t stand being called a
fag, but desperately wants Robert to be his man.

Robert
and Jake want a chance to reconnect on a more personal level, but will this
budding relationship ruin their careers?

Later on that evening, Jake and I finished our meal and we returned to
the couch with wine and beers in hand. Jake is a masterful griller, cooking
steaks with side salads and corn on the cob. It had been a while since I had
such a filling and well cooked dinner. Most of the time in Chicago, my nights
were Chinese takeout or fast food burgers.

“Ah, now this is nice. You and me, on the sofa, drinking liquor with
sports on the TV. Can’t get any better than this.” Jake popped the cap on his
beer open.

“Yeah, well, the NBA isn’t one of my favorite sports, but I guess it
will have to do. It’s either that or hockey.” I cracked open the Merlot and
poured myself a glass.

“You’re not into either one?

“Nope. Baseball’s my first love. Football is second for me. I love
college and pro.”

“See I hate college football. I think it stems from our alma mater’s
pigskin team getting more recognition than we did.”

“Yeah, and they got all the funding too,” I added with a laugh. “The
NCAA knows college football can command more money than baseball, so they give
them more attention.”

“And they didn’t even deserve it. They went 7-4 last year, for fucking
last in the conference. We went to the playoffs and beat the number one seeded
team.”

“But no one likes college baseball.”

Jake waved his hand and took another swig of beer. “Ah, whatever. I’m
gone anyways, but it still sticks in my craw how they considered as
unimportant.”

“You weren’t irrelevant, just the team. What happened when you got to
single A, by the way? You weren’t seeing the ball, or…”

“I thought we were forgetting about the interview, Rob. Let’s save that
for when we talk on the record.”

“I am. I’m just curious, that’s all.”

“I haven’t got a clue, Rob. I just wasn’t picking up the pitches like I
should’ve.”

“Hm, well I’m glad everything’s going well now. The general manager was
wondering if he’d made the right choice with the pick. I knew you’d get it
together sooner or later.”

Feeling his hands on me again caused the adrenaline to rush through my
veins. I desired nothing more than to attack him on this couch and forget all
about the game on television. “I’ve always
had faith in you.”

About the Muse and Author

Michael Mandrake pens complex characters
already comfortable with their sexuality. Thorough these, he builds worlds not
centered on erotica but rather the mainstream plots we might encounter in
everyday life through personal experiences or the media.

Author Sharita Lira: In one word, crazy. Just
crazy enough to have 3 4 different muses running around in her head,
driving her to sheer exhaustion with new plot bunnies and complex characters.

In addition to being a computer geek and a metalhead, Sharita
loves live music, reading, and perusing the net for sexy men to be her
muses.She’s also a founding member and
contributor to the heavy metal ezine Fourteeng.net.